Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR) presented to the German Club of Seoul at a forum on May 28. TNKR special ambassadors Ken Eom and Aeran Lee, the winner of the U.S. State Department’s International Woman of Courage, discussed how they escaped to freedom. Casey Lartigue, TNKR co-founder, and a refugee who prefers not to be identified also spoke.

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30,000
More than 30,000 North Korean refugees have escaped to South Korea, with more than 1,000 new refugees arriving each year. Refugees understand less than 50% of South Korean school textbooks which can lead to professional & career inequality.

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Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing free English learning opportunities to North Korean refugees. For more information, take a look at our About page.

TNKR’s registration number with the Seoul City Government: 143-82-65155